VH-UMN de Havilland DH
50A (c/n LASCO 1)
Judging by its
c/n, this was the first D.H.50A built by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co
Ltd
of
Melbourne. In all probability it was not built
from scratch, but from a kit supplied from
Hanger
Lane.
My original comment was: " The Star
of David on the rudder is interesting, since my records
indicate that the machine spent
most of its career in New
Guinea and had no connection with
the Jewish
state whatsoever"!
Fred Niven, in Melbourne advises me that:
That logo, with the 'C' in the
center, was the logo of W.R. Carpenter & Co., which owned
Mandated
Airlines Ltd., which was its
operator for its later life in PNG (it came from Pacific Aerial
Transport).
Most/all of
M.A.L.'s aircraft of that era had the logo on their tails.
Fred is a noted
authority on every aspect of the history of airlines in
Australia.
VH-UMN crashed at Waipali, NG, incidentally,
in 1937.